Instagram Location Validator
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022 · Delivered
A verification tool that checks whether Instagram posts really originate inside the US, resolving missing coordinates from city or country before deciding.
- Python
- shapely
- requests
- Selenium
Purpose
This project aims to verify the location of Instagram posts. It reads the data from a file, and checks if the coordinates reside within the US. If not, it adds them to a list to verify. It then verifies the locations using Instagram, it opens the profile of user and get the coordinates. If no coordinates are found it generates them using city or country name, then if the location is not in the US, it deletes the entry from the data. At end it writes the updated data to a new file.
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